IT Procurement Consultant
Employment Type:
Project-Based Consulting Role (Employee of AccruePartners)
Client Industry:
Global Advanced Materials Manufacturer
THE PROJECT YOU WILL BE SUPPORTING
- Join a multi-billion-dollar global manufacturer and innovation leader in advanced specialty materials, serving sectors such as energy storage, electronics, and infrastructure.
- With a 100+ year legacy and operations in over 100 countries, the organization continues to expand its technology and sustainability footprint worldwide.
- As an AccruePartners Consultant, you will be assigned to the Global IT Procurement team, a highly collaborative group responsible for optimizing technology investments and vendor partnerships across the enterprise.
- The team partners closely with IT, Finance, and Supply Chain leadership to drive cost savings, risk mitigation, and supplier performance improvements.
- This is a strategic consulting engagement providing guidance to align global IT procurement with business priorities and digital transformation initiatives.
- The environment values continuous improvement, operational excellence, and innovation—offering an opportunity to make an enterprise-level impact.
- Opportunity to lead high-impact IT sourcing initiatives within a Fortune 1000 global enterprise with significant annual IT spend.
- Exposure to executive-level stakeholders and global procurement strategy, supporting transformation in digital systems and IT infrastructure.
- A fast-paced, matrixed environment where your procurement expertise will drive measurable cost optimization, contract standardization, and vendor governance.
- Competitive consulting compensation structure with the potential for future AccruePartners client engagements.
- The chance to influence enterprise-level IT strategies across software licensing, hardware, cloud services, and managed solutions.
- Collaborative, results-oriented culture that values innovation, data-driven decision-making, and strong supplier relationships.
- Supports stabilization and advancement of IT procurement operations during a period of global system transformation and technology reinvestment.
- Provides strategic sourcing leadership for multimillion-dollar IT contracts, directly impacting the company’s cost structure and technology performance.
- Ensures the organization achieves procurement compliance, supplier performance excellence, and spend visibility across IT categories.
- Partners with business and technical leaders to standardize procurement processes and align technology investments with business goals.
- Strengthens vendor relationships and governance to support transformation, cybersecurity investments, and digital modernization.
- Bridges Procurement, IT, and Finance functions to drive alignment on spend efficiency and value creation.
- 10+ years of IT procurement or strategic sourcing experience, ideally within manufacturing, chemicals, energy, or other global industrial organizations.
- Proven success managing high-dollar technology categories (hardware, software, cloud, infrastructure, telecom, or professional services).
- Strong understanding of contract negotiation, supplier management, and total cost of ownership (TCO) principles.
- Demonstrated ability to lead sourcing initiatives in complex, global, matrixed environments.
- Skilled in stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration with IT, Legal, and Finance partners.
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